Eat Jars – a kitchen craft

I have been busy creating new projects to display in my kitchen. In fact, yesterday I was thinking I better slow down or I could end up with it being too cluttered! Ha! You might remember my Distressed Eat Sign that I made back in November. Well I had these little spice jars sitting in my “to create a project” cabinet, and so these eat jars were born.

I used Gloss Enamels from DecoArt for this project, but you could use regular acrylics since you won’t be continuously washing them or placing them in the dishwasher.

Wash the jars, then wipe them down with rubbing alcohol. Paint the top rim of the jar and around the bottom.

Then paint the rest of the jar.

Set the jars aside to dry. Meanwhile, spray the jar lids with black spray paint.

After the jars are dry to the touch, choose a favorite font (I used Saginaw Medium) and print off the letters e a t. Resize until they fit your jars then cut them out. Trace the letters onto the jars using graphite transfer paper.

Using a thin liner brush and white gloss enamel paint, trace over the transferred letter.

At this point, you can wait 48 hours then bake the jars in a low temp oven to set the paint. Mine were just going on a shelf and will not be disturbed, so the other option of air drying for 21 days is what I chose. Therefore, I could move forward with adding my bows.

Cut material into 1/2″ wide strips, fraying the edges by pulling out some of the threads. Tie around the neck of the jar, be sure that the knot is centered above the letter. Trim the ends if needed and fray.

Put the lids on the jars after tying all the fabric. Hot glue an acorn top (or a button) to the center of the knot.

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